Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-08-13
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.-5, ,462, 900 'Onr and one-halt per cent bonds were offsr- ,d tn the treasurer tod y Ht prices ranging from no fiat to ll2.
 DETROIT, AaS l0-Finternln, whu travelled yesteriay through the buTnius ";humb' of the lover Michigan ueBin- ,u,a. says that aesioE and crust fites are eyery where. Acres Of cut grain and miles of fencing have ben destroyed A number of barns Erd cattle ars re- ported burred n ;he interior, but def nite news have not yet be receIved.
 ROCHESTER, x. r., Aug. lO.-Tbe Urlted Labor Party convention met here thls morning. The delegate pres ent are f:0m vArlOus parts Of the state. NASHVILLE. A-F. i0-Wiilis McDsar- m Q, \ school t,a's-- near Gambetta, Jackson county, f0uui h.s school house guarded ty G mob yesi, day. who re iused him admission on the ground that te was & prohibition MoDesrmon opened another school hOHse, aud the ant prohibi,Iouis,s installed a new teacher. Pupils Eere divided according 10 parents views on the question.
 CHrcAGo. August l0-Ths telegraph wires crossing the vast area of country tbat has been parching and blackening z for lack of rain, brought only news of despair this morning. The message re- ce;vei from all tue duff srent sections. shogei the outlook even worse thsn 24 hours before. The telegrRms contain the information that not a particle of rain hes descended ID all that immense stretch of territory. Added to this the temperature throughout tho drought region Is rising.
 WAsHrSGTOS, August l0-The govern- ment bureau reports that owing to the long drought in the Ohio and Missouri r.ver valleys, tue ngtionsl average of tae corn crop hBs dropped from g-T 10 S07. The general average Of the spring wheat crop is 7S, two points less than Angus, lat yesr. In the central states end op the Pacific Coast, the condition of spring wheat is higher.
 The potato crop has fallen of twenty per cent since July lst mud tho ffIlt crop will be very poor, There will be few apples outside cf New England snd New York. The general average of the hay crop n the vest IS SO.
 CHICAGO, Aug. l0-A prairie fire which promises to do great damage was started near 39ih and Blanchard Ave, a mile west oi the Union stocky ards about o'clock this afternoon. The town of Laks District has gone tO scene. | The ire star!ed from the spark of To- comotive. It is not known whether any buildings are endangered but the in tismmaDle condition of the grass makes rne fire A seriOus matter
 SAN FEASCIsco. August I0-Lloyd Tevis, president cf Wells, Fargo & O.. Justified before the Railroad Commis- sion thIs morning that the company hsd the exclusive express business over the Central Pacific. anu st the time of its consolii .tion with the PacIfS Express Company. one third of Wells, Fargo X Co.'S stock was equally divided among Col Stanford. II. b. Brown, Charles Crocker HopSIas, Huntington and him self and that Do consideration was re- eeivsd by tue Central Pacific.
 PREscOTT, August l0-Frsrk Will son. who with John A. Johnson IS to be hanged on Friday for the murder of Samuel Clevenger md bis wife ct House 1 Rock. in this county in May last, to-day Uo sde confession to his attorneys, exon srsting his co-defendant Johnson from any participation iE tine crime The at- tOrneys for the condemned men will bring the matter before Governor Zu- lick tomorrow, and endosvOr tU obtain 2 communication of ssntenoe for Johnson.
 LOUISVILLE, Aug. l0.-The following remarkable resolutions were adopted by toe Farmers' Alliance ot Floyd county, T N.4 1.-. |. last. They are just made publlc: Resolved. That there k no promise, either expressed or implied. by which the people of the United States must Day their president $4.0O0 per month or l any other sum while electioDeering for a second term Of office. Therefore, We call upon President Cle-ao -heiJSs starting on hIs pending elecsioneerinR tour through the west and south. to | fret write out his resignation ss Presi dent. and file 1t with the proper office rs at Washington.
 Resolved, further, that the President and Secretary ui this alliance are here by instructed to forward & certified copy of these resolutions by registered letter to the President of the United States.
 SAN FRAScIsCo, August l0-Lloyd | Tevis, president of Wells, Fargo X Co., | testified before the railroad commission this morning ths. the company hsd the | exclusive express business over the Gen. | tral Pacific, and at the tune of its con- sOlidsuon with the Pacific Express O., ore-third of Wells. Fargo < Co.'S stock was equally divided amOug Col. Stan | ford. H. D. Brown, Charles CrOcker. ! Hopkins, Huntington aud himself and ' that DO cOn-ide-atiun vas received by the Central Psc;Ar.
 Tesis admitted that he was asked to ! take stock iu the Central Pacific and in the Contract q Finance Co. but de clined.
 "why did you no, accept?" was ! asked.
 "I looked at it from business point | OC view because 1 thought It would lead | to endorsements. Further. I was ap- prehensive if the road did not 30 through l would De liable to ny pro | rata for debts
 J. H. SirOwhrifge, superintendent of | construction Of the Central Pacific, was called and examined in regard 10 the ! enst of construction and labor as the time the road was built His testimony did not differ materially from that geysn yesterday.
 BAKERSFIELD. Cal Angus. 10,-Henry Sisia, yard wEtchmsn at Sumner. fell of car this afternoon while making up tram and the car passed over him, literally severing his body ID twain and ! silling him instantly. He was & native of WslertOwD, Wis,
 OTTAWA, August 1O.-The Rocky Mountain locust has made his appear ance in large numbers ID the Beaver river settlement, about six miles from Saskatoon, Northwest Territory.
 WASHINGTON. August lO.-By direc- ton oi the secretary. Major Dan L. Bss0, paynastsr of the United Stsies army. is suspended from duty ard OrdeIed tO his home to swslt further orders. Major Bush IS tie officer who wss robbed of S7,30O at An,elops Springs. Wyoming, March, 1885. by Charley Power, cowboy.
 REDDISG, Angus; l0-Last Novem- Der Patriot CronIn, a miner living m cabin near Lewiston, Trinity county. lefi that place Hbout $ p. 10. to go